Tuesday, August 28, 2012

List of Cryptids

Welcome
to our cryptid creatures list. This list will help identify a cryptid. A cryptid is a
creature or plant whose existence is suggested but has not been
officially recognized by science, or is considered extinct,
but are reported being seen from time to time. A cryptid is often thought of as a
legend or dismissed as a myth or hoax. Famous creatures like Bigfoot,
and Nessie remain a mystery. However, many animals widely recognized
today were once among these illusive cryptid creatures.

Here are some of today's most famous cryptid creatures.

Reptilians

Reptilian
humanoids are Man-kinds oldest and most fascinating recorded
supernatural entities. Some say reptilians inhabited Earth before
humans. From ancient Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the America's, reptilians are believed to have played an important role in our
creation, education and social development.

It is believed there are many types of reptilians, from different origins. For example, ones who evolved
from Earth and ones who evolved from the Draco constellation or beyond. Reptilians are also referred to as Draconians, Dracos, Reptoids & Lizard People.

Reptilians are believed to be a highly evolved species with special powers like telekinesis, shape-shifting and more. In ancient Asia, the dragon and serpent
signify divine heritage and royalty,
while in ancient Europe, the serpent represents wisdom and knowledge.

Grey's

Grey aliens (also referred to as "Greys") are alleged extraterrestrial beings, named for their skin color. Paranormal claims involving Greys vary in every respect including their nature (ETs, extradimensionals, demons,
or machines), origins, moral dispositions, intentions, and physical
appearances (even varying in their eponymous skin color). A composite
description derived from overlap in claims would have Greys as
small-bodied sexless beings with smooth grey skin, enlarged head and
large black eyes. The origin of the idea of the Grey is commonly
associated with the Betty and Barney Hill abduction.

Mothman

On Nov. 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, Roger and
Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette told police they saw a
large white creature whose eyes "glowed red" when the car headlights
picked it up. They described it as a "flying man with ten foot wings"
following their car while they were driving in an area of town known as
'the TNT area', the site of a former World WAR 2 munitions plant.

During the next few days, other people reported similar sightings.
Two volunteer firemen who sighted it said it was a "large bird with red
eyes". Mason County Sheriff George Johnson commented that he believed
the sightings were due to an unusually large heron
he termed a "shitepoke". Contractor Newell Partridge told Johnson that
when he aimed a flashlight at a creature in a nearby field its eyes
glowed "like bicycle reflectors", and blamed buzzing noises from his
television set and the disappearance of his German Shepherd dog on the
creature.

Wildlife
biologist Dr. Robert L. Smith at West Virginia University told
reporters that descriptions and sightings all fit the Sandhill Crane,
a large American crane almost as high as a man with a seven foot
wingspan featuring circles of reddish coloring around the eyes, and that
the bird may have wandered out of its migration route.

There
were no Mothman reports in the immediate aftermath of the December 15,
1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge and the death of 46 people, giving
rise to legends that the Mothman sightings and the bridge collapse were
connected.

Many years after the initial events, members of the Ohio UFO
Investigators League re-interviewed several people who claimed to have
seen Mothman, all of whom insisted their stories were accurate. Linda
Scarberry claimed that she and her husband had seen Mothman "hundreds of
times," sometimes at close range, commenting, "It seems like it doesn’t
want to hurt you. It just wants to communicate with you."
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman claims that sightings of Mothman continue, and told USA Today
he re-interviewed witnesses described in Keel's book who said Mothman
was "a huge creature about 7 feet tall with huge wings and red eyes" and
that "they could see the creature flapping right behind them" as they
fled from it.

Since 1967 Mothman reports keep coming in from all over the world.

Bigfoot

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, Skunk Apes, Yowies, Almas, Kaptars
& Mapinguari are just a few of it's many names. These large, bipedal
apes occur in the folklore of native people across
the globe. Here's a list of some of the most famous Bigfoot-like
creatures.

Different Types of Bigfoot

SASQUATCH / BIGFOOT
“Sasquatch” is a derivative of “Sesquac,” which means “wild man” in a British Columbian Native American language.

YETI
Stalking the high elevations of the Himalayas, the Yeti has captured
the interest of the western world since climbers began tackling peaks
like Everest. Local tribes consider the Yeti to be a fact of life, no
more strange than the black bears of Appalachia. Reports from Western
climbers are frequent throughout the last hundred years, so frequent
that even Sir Edmund Hillary himself mounted an expedition in search of
the massive man-ape.

ALMAS
Another variety of Bigfoot, this creature lives in the mountainous
terrain on the border of Mongolia and China. It's more human-like than
our Bigfoot; some scientists believe it's more of a Neanderthal than a
primate.

SISIMITE
This is the ape-man of Central America. The shaggy-haired creature is
said to have supernatural powers, which it uses to protect the
wilderness. According to legend, the Sisimite will attack hunters in
order to protect wildlife.

SKUNK APE
The Southernmost Bigfoot to occupy North America, the Skunk Ape is a
resident of Florida’s extensive Everglades. Some say it is a cousin to
Bigfoot, while others say it's the same species. The number of sightings
of the Skunk Ape in Florida rival the number sightings of Bigfoot in
the Pacific Northwest. The animal earned its name because of its unique
smell.

Loch Ness Monster

The
Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in
the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in
Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account
to the next. Popular
interest and belief in the animal has varied since it was brought to
the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal,
with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar readings.

The most common speculation among believers is that the creature represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs. The
scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a modern-day
myth, and explains sightings as a mix of hoaxes and wishful thinking.
Despite this, it remains one of the most famous examples of
cryptozoology. The legendary monster has been affectionately referred to
by the nickname Nessiesince the 1950s.

The following creatures were
once dismissed by science as products of myths & legends, but are now officially recognized as their own species.

Giant Crocodile

A
21-foot (6.4 meter) long crocodile was captured by staff of the
Protected Areas and Wildlife Division (PAWD) of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources of Philippines. The crocodile weighed
1,075 kilogram (2,370 pound) and is suspected to
have eaten a farmer and killing a 12 years-old girl in 2009. Before this
massive crocodile was captured, scientists did not believe one could
grow to such an amazing size anymore. This is truly a living dinosaur,
especially since crocodiles lived along side other Jurassic age
creatures.

Megamouth Shark

The first Megamouth shark was discovered in 1976 off of Oahu, Hawaii. It
was such a strange-looking creature that it required a new family and
genus categorization. Its overly large mouth, hence its name, is used to
scoop. It is a filter feeder, like the whale shark, and believed to be
no threat to humans.

Kappa

Kappa, or traslated "river-child", are legendary water sprites found in
Japanese folklore. They are depicted to have a humanoid form and to be
about the size of a child. They have scaly, teptilian skin which range
in color from green to yellow or blue. They have webbed feet and hands. They inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan. TheKappa,
being water sprites, have been blamed for the drownings and it was
often said that kappa would lure people to the water pull them in. Even
today people will blame kappa for drowning victims.

It
has been suggested that the kappa legends are based on the Japanese
giant salamander, which is an aggressive salamander which can grow up to
6 ft in length! They will attack and could easily pull a small person
or child into the water for its meal.

Sea Serpent

For centuries, the Sea Serpent persisted as the most captivating
cryptozoological mystery in the world. Sightings of these mysterious,
and often frightening, creatures have occurred plentifully throughout
history, even up until the early twentieth century. From northern
European waters to the Eastern North American coast, tales of
serpentine, aquatic beasts of colossal proportions dot the globe. Their
descriptions vary, ranging from horse-headed creatures to massive
snakes.

Cryptozoologists speculate that various misidentified animals can
account for Sea Serpent sightings. However, one elusive species is a
particularly likely source for many of these accounts. The oarfish (or
ribbonfish) is a massive, elongated fish found worldwide. It is the
longest of all bony fish, the largest recorded being 17 meters (56 ft)
in length. Oarfish typically dwell in the deep ocean, but are
occasionally washed ashore in storms, and linger at the surface near
death. A live oarfish was filmed for the first time in 2001,
demonstrating its rarity and reclusive nature.

Komodo Dragon

By the early twentieth century, Western science had determined that
giant lizards were nothing more than a relic of the prehistoric past.
Thus, when pearl fishermen returned from the Lesser Sunda Islands, in
Indonesia, with tales of monstrous “land crocodiles”, their accounts
were met with overwhelming skepticism. An expedition from the Buitenzorg
Zoological Museum, in Java, produced a report of the creatures, but the
legendary dragons of Komodo faded into obscurity as World War I took
precedence.

Then, in 1926, an expedition from the American Museum of Natural
History confirmed that the tales of giant lizards were true. W. Douglas
Burden, the leader of the expedition, returned with twelve preserved
specimens and two live ones. The world was introduced to the Komodo
Dragon, a massive monitor lizard that grows up to ten feet, making it
the largest lizard in the world. Komodo Dragons possess massive claws
and fangs with which they can kill almost any creature on the island,
including humans and water buffaloes. One particularly bizarre attribute
of these creatures is their venomous bite, which has been attributed to
bacteria-laden saliva or venom glands in the mouth.

The 1926 expedition to Komodo served as the inspiration for King
Kong, in which a similar expedition to a foreign island reveals
prehistoric megafauna.

Okapi

Central African tribes and ancient Egyptians described and depicted a
bizarre creature for centuries, colloquially dubbed the “African
unicorn” by Europeans. It is known locally by such names as the Atti, or
the O’api, resembling a cross between a zebra, a donkey and a giraffe.
Despite descriptions from explorers and even skins, Western science
rejected the existence of such a creature, viewing it as nothing more
than a fantastical chimera of real animals. Determined expeditions
uncovered nothing, and it would seem the “African unicorn” was just as
mythical as its namesake.

This changed in 1901 when Sir Harry Johnston, the British governor of
Uganda, obtained pieces of striped skin and even a skull of the
legendary beast. Through this evidence and the eventual capture of a
live specimen, the animal now known as the okapi (okapia johnstoni) was
recognized by mainstream science. The okapi is no less unusual today: it
is the only living relative of the giraffe, sharing a similar body
structure and its characteristic long blue tongue. However, the markings
on its back legs resemble that of a zebra’s stripes. Okapis are
solitary creatures that remain captivating to scientists; although not
endangered, there is still much to learn about their habits and
lifestyle.
The okapi was the symbol of the now defunct International Society of
Cryptozoology, and remains a persisting icon of Cryptozoology to this
day.

Giant Squid

Tales of enormous squids have circulated throughout the world since
ancient times. Aristotle and Pliny the Elder both described such
monsters; legends such as the Lusca (Caribbean), Scylla (Ancient
Greece), and the sea monk (Medieval Europe) all describe a bizarre,
often dangerous nautical creature. Perhaps the most famous legendary
squid is the Norse Kraken, a monstrous, tentacled beast as large as an
island that devoured ships whole. Prior to the 1870s, scientific opinion
held such creatures as nothing more than ridiculous myths, on par with
mermaids or sea serpents.

Despite this, investigations into the existence of the legendary
Kraken took place as early as the 1840s. Danish zoologist Johan Japetus
Streensup methodically researched and catalogued giant squid sightings
and strandings, eventually examining a beached corpse and designating
the beast’s scientific name: Architeuthis. Even so, fellow scientists
remained skeptical and continued to dismiss accounts.

In the 1870s, the skepticism stopped as several carcasses were
beached in Labrador and Newfoundland. Tentacles and complete corpses
revealed to the scientific world that the giant squid was indeed real.
Today, this creature remains just as mysterious and rare. Typically
living at great depths, giant squid sightings are uncommon and often
undocumented. For a century, scientists dutifully attempted to observe
it in its natural habitat, but failed. Only in 2004 were a group of
Japanese scientists able to capture a live giant squid on camera, taking
500 automatic photographs before the creature swam back into the
blackness.

Many questions remain concerning the giant squid. Very little is
known about its habits and lifestyle, and it is still unknown how large a
giant squid can grow. The largest specimens are between 30 and 40 feet
long, weighing over 100 pounds. However, its close relative, the
Colossal Squid, may grow to much greater sizes, as evidenced by the size
of sucker marks on sperm whales. To this day, the giant squid remains a
legendary example of how fantastic animals on earth can be.

Devil Bird

The Devil Bird, or Ulama, is a frightening horned bird of Sri Lankan
folklore. This elusive creature is rarely seen, but is often heard in
the form of its infamous, blood-curdling screams. Its cries are said to
resemble a wailing woman and are perceived by locals as an omen of
death. For centuries, the nocturnal cries of the Devil Bird were the
only evidence of its existence; Western science wrote if off as mere
superstition.

Then, in 2001, the Devil Bird was identified as a new species of owl,
the spot-bellied eagle owl (bubo nipalensis). The largest of all Sri
Lankan owls, the bubo nipalensis matches the description of the Ulama
perfectly, down to its characteristic screech and tufted “horns”.
Although some debate still remains as to the true identity of the
Devil-Bird, the spot-bellied eagle owl stands as the most compelling
source of inspiration for this mysterious creature.

Ziphius

In Medieval folklore, the Ziphius, or “Water-Owl”, was a monstrous
nautical creature said to attack ships in the northern seas. It
possessed the body of a fish and the head of an owl, complete with
massive eyes and a wedge-shaped beak. “Ziphius”, meaning “sword-like” in
Latin, may refer to the beast’s fin, which was said to pierce the hulls
of ships like a sword.

Today, the inspiration for the Ziphius is known as Cuvier’s Beaked
Whale, a widespread species of beaked whale. Also known as the
Goose-beaked whale, this creature is found as far north as the Shetland
Islands and as south as Tierra Del Fuego at the tip of South America. It
is the only member of the genus Ziphius, which bears the name of its
legendary identity. Some additionally attribute the inspiration of the
Ziphius to the orca or the great white shark, based on some depictions
of the beast as a predator to seals.

Bondegezou

The Bondegezou (“man of the forests”) is a legendary, ancestral
spirit of the Moni people in Western Indonesia. Described as a
tree-dwelling creature, the Bondegezou resembles a small man covered in
black and white fur. It is said to be a tree climber, but often stands
on the ground in a bipedal stance.

In the 1980s, a photograph of the Bondegezou was sent to Australian
research scientist Tim Flannery, who initially identified the creature
as a young tree kangaroo. But in May, 1994, Flannery conducted a
wildlife survey of the area and discovered that the animal in the
picture was new to science. The Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), as the
creature is also known, is a forest-dwelling marsupial with bold
coloration that spends most of its time on the ground. The Dingiso
remains a rare sight – the first real evidence of the creature was only
skins, and to this day, no Dingiso exists in captivity.

Mountain Gorilla

For centuries, tales of large “ape-men” in East Africa have
captivated explorers and natives alike. Numerous tribes have legends of
massive, hairy creatures that would kidnap and eat humans, overpowering
them with their ferocity and strength. The creatures go by many names,
among them ngila, ngagi, and enge-ena. In the sixteenth century, English
explorer Andrew Battel spoke of man-like apes that would visit his
campfire at night, and in 1860, explorer Du Chaillu wrote of violent,
bloodthirsty forest monsters. Up until the twentieth century, many of
these tales were ignored or discounted.

In 1902, German officer Captain Robert von Beringe shot one of these
“man-apes” in the Virunga region of Rwanda. Bringing it back to Europe
with him, he introduced the world to a new species of ape: the mountain
gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Beringe, in Beringe’s honor). Today, mountain
gorillas are known to be communal, largely docile herbivores that live
in the Virunga Mountains in Central Africa, and in Bwindi National Park
in Uganda. Mountain gorillas are threatened by poaching and civil
unrest, elusive and often unseen in their activities. No more than 400
remain in the wild today.

One of the earliest written accounts of gorillas may come from Hanno
the Navigator, a Carthaginian explorer who documented his travels along
the African coast in 500 B.C. Hanno describes a tribe of “gorillae”,
roughly meaning “hairy people”. It is unknown whether Hanno referred to
gorillas, another species of ape, or humans. Nevertheless, his
description served as the inspiration for the modern name “gorilla”.

Kangaroo

Early explorers to Australia described bizarre creatures never before
seen by Europeans. They wrote of creatures with heads like deer that
stood upright like men and hopped like frogs. The creatures sometimes
sported two heads – one on their shoulders, and one on the stomach. Such
accounts were understandably disregarded and ridiculed by fellow
colleagues.

That changed in the 1770s, when a dead specimen of this odd beast was
exhibited in England as a public curiosity. Today, this creature is
known as the kangaroo, a widespread marsupial endemic to Australia.
Well-known for their leaping abilities and the female pouch for carrying
young (marsupium), kangaroos are a nationally recognized icon of
Australia. Four species of kangaroo exist: the Red Kangaroo (Macropus
rufus), the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), the Western Grey
Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), and the Antilopine Kangaroo (Macropus
antilopinus).

Platypus

When European naturalists first encountered this bizarre creature,
they were understandably baffled. Accounts described it as a venomous,
egg-laying mammal with a duck bill and beaver tail. Many prominent
British scientists deemed it a hoax when presented with a sketch and
pelt, in 1798. Even when offered a corpse, scholars suspected that it
was an elaborate, sewn-together fraud.

Today, this bizarre but fascinating creature is known as the
platypus, one of only five extant monotremes (egg-laying mammals). While
formerly recognized by science, it is no less unique today: this
semi-aquatic creature, native to eastern Australia, swims with webbed
feet, uses electrolocation to hunt, and possesses an ankle spur that, in
males, can deliver a powerful injection of venom. While non-lethal to
humans, this venom is excruciatingly painful and is not responsive to
most pain-killers.

Thylacine AKA Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf

The
Tasmanian wolf was once a legend in the minds of explores discovering
new lands hearing tails of this strange creature by natives before it
was officially recognized. The
Thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.
It had become extremely rare on the Australian mainland before European
settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island state of
Tasmania along with several other endemic species, including the
Tasmanian Devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally
blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been
disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its
habitat. Despite its official classification as extinct, sightings are
still reported.

Cryptid Plants
Cryptobotany is the study of various exotic plants which are not believed to exist by the scientific community, but which exist in myth, literature or unsubstantiated reports.

Man-eating tree can refer to any of various legendary or cryptid carnivorous plants that are large enough to kill and consume a person or other large animal.

The Ya-te-veo

The Ya-te-veo is said to be a carnivorous plant that grows in parts of Central and
South America with cousins in Africa and on the shores of the Indian
Ocean. There are many different descriptions of the plant, but most reports
say it has a short, thick trunk and long tendrils of some sort which are
used to catch prey.

Scientifically recognized killer plants!

Nepenthes rajah

The Nepenthes rajahe is the largest known carnivorous plant with the largest known trap.Nepenthes rajah, which produces pitchers up to 38 cm (15 in) tall with a volume of up to 3.5 litres (0.77 imp gal; 0.92 US gal). This species traps small mammals.

Carnivorous Algae

Think before you swim! In Denmark, scientists have discovered a type of algae which feeds on animals thousands of times bigger than itself! The algae have the means to locate their
soon-to-be food by certain chemical traces in the water. Once located,
the killer algae attack using a highly potent nerve poison which that
paralyzes the prey. After the animal is still, they use an adaptive
organ, similar to the mosquito “trunk” to suck all of the nutrients out
of the poor animal.

This type of algae has been considered to have the
capacity to attack as a group, turning the status from plant, to animal,
since they no longer use just photosynthesis to survive. Once the nutrients come out of the prey, the algae swarm around it, and devour the animal rapidly! The algae then grow in size after it's meal. After awhile you have a massive killer, lurking in the waters!

The Greys and Reptilians aren't cryptids they are types of aliens look at any cryptozoological book. Also Bigfoot is a name for large hominids in North America not the universal name for all mysterious hominids.

Your information is wrong there pal. Reptiods and greys. Aliens or not count as cryptids. Crytids are creatures with history but have yet to be actually seen by anyone...like bigfoot or nessie so they qualify as a cryptid you know unless you can tell me you have one in your backyard right now drinking tea with you.... what shouldn't beon this list are creatures already found cause once they are found they are catergorized into the animal kingdom like the crocidile and shark....so they no longer count and should be taken off this list.... MOST of the things you have up here aren't crytid anymore and frankly.....I don't think they ever were

The following creatures were once dismissed by science as products of myths & legends, but are now officially recognized as their own species!!! READ before you talk crap PAL!!?? (Cryptid) Any creature that may or may not exist.

I have nothing bad to say of your site. Very interesting material to read. I Love it. I hope you want to share stories on my blog. Hopefully you can shed some light on some topics that I feel lost in. Thanks again,Mitch

Respects to Anonymous, I understood your commit, but I don't believe in shutting the door on things that cannot be explained. Fact number one..there are creatures out there that have not been found yet or exposed. Who explores all of the oceans floor yet? Have you gone into deep caves and explored everything yet? Do you know every insect and unknown species yet. Do we really have to wait for those things to be on your O.K. LIST before we believe? I don't think so. My opinion. You're allowed to have our own.

(Cryptid) Any creature that may or may not exist. The following creatures were once dismissed by science as products of myths & legends, but are now officially recognized as their own species!!! For centuries, tales of large “ape-men” in East Africa have captivated explorers and natives alike. Gorillas were thought to not be real and was a cryptid until it was officially recognized by science PAL Early explorers to Australia described bizarre creatures never before seen by Europeans. They wrote of creatures with heads like deer that stood upright like men and hopped like frogs. The creatures sometimes sported two heads – one on their shoulders, and one on the stomach. Such accounts were understandably disregarded and ridiculed by fellow colleagues.

That changed in the 1770s, when a dead specimen of this odd beast was exhibited in England as a public curiosity.

Slayer you are stupid. It said some of these were once considered cryptids!! Kangaroos were thouggt to be fake tales by sailors blah blah blah haters and yes some reptilians evolved from dinosaurs on earth shit head

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